Anthony Flint: Wrestling with Moses

Reporter and urban planning policy expert Anthony Flint discusses his new book Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took on New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City on Wednesday, June 16, at 6:30 p.m. at the Central Library, 14 W. 10th St.

Robert Moses, a man behind many large New York developments, saw some neighborhoods as in need of his own brand of "urban renewal." Flint explains how Jacobs marshaled support and political power against the unrelenting Moses, spurring a movement to reclaim cities for their residents.

Copies of Wrestling with Moses will be available for sale, and Flint will sign copies purchased during the event.

Admission is free. A 6 p.m.reception precedes the event. Click here or call 816.701.3407 to RSVP. Free parking is available at the Library District Parking Garage at 10th & Baltimore.